Typically this podcast talks about how to avert destruction from AI. But what would it take to ensure AI promotes human flourishing as well as it can? Is alignment to individuals enough, and if not, where do we go form here? In this episode, I talk with Joel Lehman about these questions.

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Transcript: https://axrp.net/episode/2025/01/24/episode-38_6-joel-lehman-positive-visions-of-ai.html

FAR.AI: https://far.ai/

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The Alignment Workshop: https://www.alignment-workshop.com/

Topics we discuss, and timestamps:

01:12 - Why aligned AI might not be enough

04:05 - Positive visions of AI

08:27 - Improving recommendation systems

Links:

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Greatness-Cannot-Planned-Objective/dp/3319155237